Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Excelsior \Ex*cel"si*or\, n.
A kind of stuffing for upholstered furniture, mattresses,
etc., in which curled shreds of wood are substituted for
curled hair.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Excelsior \Ex*cel"si*or\, a. [L., compar. of excelsus elevated,
lofty, p. p. of excellere. See {Excel}, v. t.]
More lofty; still higher; ever upward.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
excelsior
n 1: thin curly wood shavings used for packing or stuffing [syn:
{excelsior}, {wood shavings}]
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